Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Here are this week's Bills power rankings from our beloved sports blogs:

Walter Football 24:
A six spot leap but a realistic criticism of the Bills in the past present and future.

"Poor Buffalo fans. Thad Lewis isn't good enough to lead the team into
the playoffs, but he's not incompetent, so he's helping the team win
enough games to take them out of the running for Jadeveon Clowney and
Anthony Barr. The front office will draft a decent player, but he won't
be enough to get the organization over the hump. Then, the same thing
will happen next year, and the year after that, and the year after
that... It's sad, but Bills' backers are used to this endless cycle of
mediocrity."

ESPN 21:
A jump of four from last week and a Mario Williams sack that is, gasp, positive.

"Mario Williams has now reached double-digit sack totals in each of his
two seasons in Buffalo, something he did only twice in six seasons with
the Texans."

Fox Sports 16:
Another big jump this time by six spots, and fuckin shockingly logical position ahead of the Dolphins for the first time.

"Thaddeus Lewis earned his first win as a starter in the NFL, but
the game ball should go to the defense who forced three turnovers, one
of which was returned for a touchdown."

CBS Sports 24:
Ol' Prickly Pete not giving much love but to his credit he dropped the Dolphins thirteen spots to 27.

"That was an impressive victory at Miami. The defense made some big plays. Thad Lewis got his first victory because of it."

PFT 20:
A four spot boost and while I don't mind the Mario crack back I don't really understand it.

"Mario Williams
is playing well enough to afford a lot more six-figure engagement rings
that his future former fiancee’s don’t give back to him."

"Quarterback Thad Lewis has now played two good games in a row. EJ Manuel
will get his job back when he returns (right?), but Lewis could make
things really interesting."

The average spot was 21.16666666666666 with the highest spot at 16 (of course Billick and Foxsports and tie at 24 for the lowest with CBS and Walter Football. Four websites have the Dolphins still ranked ahead of the Bills inexplicably.